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Psyched and grateful that @thepointmag.bsky.social published my essay on reading Houellebecq through the lens of theatricality and absorption from Michael Fried. Check it out there thepointmag.com/criticism/a-...

Check out a summary and backstory to a new special issue on Theory Visualization in Social Sciences. #sociology thesilverlining3.substack.com/p/theory-vis...

Introducing a special issue I recently co-edited on Theory Visualization in #Sociology substack.com/home/post/p-... www.researchgate.net/publication/...

Urban scenes meets computer science . #sociology #computerscience open.substack.com/pub/thesilve...

The “attention economy” is the equivalent of reducing modern capitalism to what Weber called “adventure capitalism.” open.substack.com/pub/thesilve...

Notes on the ethic and spirit of social capitalism, from Benjamin Franklin to Influencer Ben . Stay grounded , King. #sociology open.substack.com/pub/thesilve...

How to use LLMs as a device for teaching social theorizing as a living practice? Here’s an experiment in that direction. If the Age of the Essay is over, we need to a lot of experimentation with novel alternatives. open.substack.com/pub/thesilve...

Sociologists often debate how to teach classical theory. This year I’m trying something new: we are using a multi agent AI platform to represent classical theories, experiment with their assumptions, and observe the results. #sociology #AI open.substack.com/pub/thesilve...

Theatricality is a classic concept in sociological theory, in which actors modify their self-presentation in response to the views of others. It is also a driver of artistic creativity, operating in a dialectical relationship with absorption.

On theoretical synthesis, diagrammatic hallucination, and modernization theory. With Bellah and Parsons, Weber, AI, and more! open.substack.com/pub/thesilve...

A little short story about what the post post industrial tourism industry might be like. open.substack.com/pub/thesilve...

The idea that "thinking is writing and writing is thinking" would have probably appalled Socrates. I suppose he might have thought that "thinking is talking and talking is thinking." But probably better is: thinking is thinking and thinking is thinking. open.substack.com/pub/thesilve...

If you are living in a community of inquiry dedicated to open-ended testing of an idea from all sides, you can speak this way naturally. open.substack.com/pub/thesilve...

@dsilver432.bsky.social provides an incredibly precise, fun, and surprising overview my sociological research and fiction writing. "Wynn, like any good confidence artist..."

The new issue of @contexts.org is a good one! And be sure to check out @dsilver432.bsky.social's examination of the @jonwynn.bsky.social ouvré (including The Setup, Jon's debut work of fiction) - journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10....

Plurality vs Singularity,Individuality vs Sociality, Difference vs Sameness: founding ideas of social thought have a lot to teach us here, but we need an animating Idea to hold it together. Plurality and Artificial Social Intelligence is the way! open.substack.com/pub/techforl...

A lot of how we think about AI comes from disciplines that study the individual mind. AIs are already social and plural, however, and only becoming increasingly so. Can sociology provide models for Artificial Social Intelligence ? #sociology #ASI open.substack.com/pub/thesilve...

🌐 How do cities talk about each other? Drs. Noga Keidar & @dsilver432.bsky.social’s #Socius study shows #ArtPolicy ideas move not just from global hubs, but as peer cities cite, adapt, and remix each other. A fresh lens on #SociologyOfCulture & #PolicyMobility. Read: doi.org/10.1177/2378...

New paper with Noga Keidar, out in @sociusjournal.bsky.social ! We analyze how cities cite one another in public art policy, and what those citations reveal about symbolic hierarchies and discursive agency. #sociology #urbanstudies journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

There was a time in which it seemed like the greatest problem faced by citizens of affluent peaceful liberal democracies was boredom. The challenge was to create something to make life more interesting. open.substack.com/pub/thesilve...

Do we live in interesting times? There was a time in which it seemed like the greatest problem faced by citizens of affluent peaceful liberal democracies was boredom. There was no great challenge to pull you out of yourself and give your life direction. open.substack.com/pub/thesilve...

@tkeskinturk.bsky.social wrote a very interesting post on Parsonian action theory, cultural evolutionary models, and the spectre of exogeneity in sociological theory. Some additional sketchy thoughts in that direction. thesilverlining3.substack.com/p/that-ghoul...

Very thoughtful response from Seth here. Thank you for engaging! My quick reactions:

Classics and Model Based fields. Sociology is a classics based field and I’m alright with that. But if you want to make it model based, look to models like Cultural Evolution and go all the way! open.substack.com/pub/thesilve...

Game recognizes game. A temporary conclusion to our series of reflections on the poetic dimension of social reality open.substack.com/pub/thesilve...

Political theology of the present open.substack.com/pub/thesilve...

On ideal non-ideal theory open.substack.com/pub/thesilve...

What does it mean to be an ally? What happens if we transfer a concept from international to interpersonal affairs? A little essay on Spinoza and Lakoff & Johnson on metaphors to live together by. open.substack.com/pub/thesilve...

Georg Simmel is now most remembered as a foundational sociologist. He understood himself as a philosopher. His reflections on the problem of fate help interpret the “and” in Vasily Grossman’s Life and Fate. open.substack.com/pub/thesilve...

having read @acerbialberto.com & @bdecourson.bsky.social's recent work, Weak Individual Preferences Stabilize Culture, taking individuals as they are nightmare returned, so here are some reflections on sociology, cultural evolution, and Parsons: tkeskinturk.github.io/blog/preferences/

I reread Geertz’s famous essay a few weeks ago. I appreciated anew the subtle examination of how the cultural practice of the Balinese cockfight operates. open.substack.com/pub/thesilve...

Is the island on Lost a piece of the moon? What would it matter if the answer was yes? Taking on the Big Questions at the Silver Linings! open.substack.com/pub/thesilve...

Enter the holoject. Not a subject, not merely an object. An image of subjectivity, analogous to a hologram of a physical object.Whatever it is, it might be something else.A holoject appears to be a tragicomic figure, but in fact it is and can be neither. thesilverlining3.substack.com/p/the-death-...

Check out my conversation with @kylethegreen.bsky.social about Parsons’ theory of action. Topics covered include the convergence thesis, emanationist idealism, the utilitarian dilemma, and the problem of order.

Talcott Parsons reached for the sun and even he got burnt there’s lots to learn. Had a blast taking with Kyle about early Parsons and the theory of action.

New Give Theory a Chance episode! thesocietypages.org/theory/2025/... @mclaughlinsoc.bsky.social discusses the wonder, the limitations, and the lessons learned from the rise, fall, and resurgence of the writings of Erich Fromm. @thesocietypages.bsky.social @mcmasteruniversity.bsky.social

Had a great time talking with @kylethegreen.bsky.social about Simmel. Topics covered include: being strange, combat sports, secret societies, canonization in the history of sociological theory, three chord rock anthems, Plato-Kant-Goethe, office politics, and the meaning of life.

Are you trying to identify temporal patterns of multivariate processes? Then tscluster is for you! Open access here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... #sociology #cssky